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If you’re feeling the pain of the labor shortage at your facility, you’re not alone. Most plastics processors today experience…

“Smart” equipment controls and the future of Industry 4.0 are definitely hot topics in the plastics industry right now. But,…

Computerized controls have brought a lot of benefits to the plastics processing industry. But the trouble is, there are a…

How close are we to realizing the full vision of Industry 4.0? To understand where we are on Industry 4.0,…

No processor ever plans to run out of floor space. More often, space problems are the sign of a growing…

Go into any plastics processing plant and you’ll see them: little metal boxes, usually on casters, plumbed to an injection…

Conair’s new SmartFLX™ conveying control introduces a new system architecture with a more powerful PLC processor, lightning-fast and crystal-clear data…

Conair is a full-line supplier of auxiliary equipment—including dryers, conveying systems, blenders and feeders, scrap-reclaim systems, heat-transfer (temperature control) systems,…

It is not uncommon to visit a customer or receive a call about a suspected problem with material moisture. Whether…

Today, there are four major types of vacuum pumps available for resin conveying, as well as a number of important…